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<span id="GET_005fCOMMAND-_002d_002d_002d-Get-the-entire-command-line"></span><h3 class="section">8.122 <code>GET_COMMAND</code> &mdash; Get the entire command line</h3>
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<dt><em>Description</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>Retrieve the entire command line that was used to invoke the program.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><em>Standard</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>Fortran 2003 and later
</p>
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<dt><em>Class</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>Subroutine
</p>
</dd>
<dt><em>Syntax</em>:</dt>
<dd><p><code>CALL GET_COMMAND([COMMAND, LENGTH, STATUS])</code>
</p>
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<dt><em>Arguments</em>:</dt>
<dd><table>
<tr><td width="15%"><var>COMMAND</var></td><td width="70%">(Optional) shall be of type <code>CHARACTER</code> and
of default kind.</td></tr>
<tr><td width="15%"><var>LENGTH</var></td><td width="70%">(Optional) Shall be of type <code>INTEGER</code> and of
default kind.</td></tr>
<tr><td width="15%"><var>STATUS</var></td><td width="70%">(Optional) Shall be of type <code>INTEGER</code> and of
default kind.</td></tr>
</table>

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<dt><em>Return value</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>If <var>COMMAND</var> is present, stores the entire command line that was used
to invoke the program in <var>COMMAND</var>. If <var>LENGTH</var> is present, it is
assigned the length of the command line. If <var>STATUS</var> is present, it
is assigned 0 upon success of the command, -1 if <var>COMMAND</var> is too
short to store the command line, or a positive value in case of an error.
</p>
</dd>
<dt><em>Example</em>:</dt>
<dd><div class="example">
<pre class="example">PROGRAM test_get_command
  CHARACTER(len=255) :: cmd
  CALL get_command(cmd)
  WRITE (*,*) TRIM(cmd)
END PROGRAM
</pre></div>

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<dt><em>See also</em>:</dt>
<dd><p><a href="GET_005fCOMMAND_005fARGUMENT.html">GET_COMMAND_ARGUMENT</a>, <br>
<a href="COMMAND_005fARGUMENT_005fCOUNT.html">COMMAND_ARGUMENT_COUNT</a>
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